Flash
//flæʃ//
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The word "flash" can be used as noun, verb, adjective, proper noun and adjective.
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aflash anti-flash antiflash arc flash autoflash backflash blue flash bootflash camera flash crown flash double flash double-flash eyebrow flash flash around flash back flash bang flash boiler flash burn flash burner flash card flash crowd flash cube flash cut flash disk flash door flash drive flash drought flash fiction flash flood flash flooding flash for cash flash forward flash frame flash freezer flash freezing flash fuel flash grenade flash gun flash house flash in the pan flash lock flash memory flash mob flash mobber flash over flash pack flash pan flash paper flash photography flash point flash powder flash rob flash roll flash sale flash sideways flash suppressor flash test flash the ash flash the cash flash up flash wheel flash-ball flash-bang flash-freeze flash-fry flash-lag effect flash-lag illusion flash-to-bang time flashable flashback flashbar flashbulb flashcard flashcrowd flashcube flashdamp flasher flashfic flashfire flashforward flashgun flashing flashingly flashlamp flashless flashlet flashlight flashlike flashline flashly flashman flashmob flashness flashover flashpacking flashpoint flashpot flashproof flashtube flashy flipflash green flash gunflash helium flash hot flash hot-flash in a flash microflash mitoflash multiflash news flash nonflashing outflash patter flash photoflash preflash quick as a flash radioflash reflash ring flash side flash synchroflash thunderflash unflashed unflashing upflash welder's flash xenon flash lamp
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Broader Terms (Hypernyms)
appear belt along bit brainstorm brainwave brightness bucket along bulletin cannonball along convey cover display display exhibit experience expose happening hasten hie hotfoot insight lamp light minute mo moment natural event occurrence occurrent patch pelt along photographic equipment race radiate rush rush along second show speed step on it visual signal
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accessory action adobe adobe software after after thunder amount animation attention bios blinding blink blouse body brief brief light briefly bright bright light brightness brilliance brilliant bulb bulb action bulbs burnt burst buttons camera camera accessory camera function camera light camera lighter camera output camera pictures camera setting camera spark capsicum cloth collar comic comic hero communicate content cultural dark dark pictures display does ebonics edge electric evaporate expensive explosion eyes eyes blinding fast flare flashlight flaunt flood flush function genius gleam glimmer hero identity illuminate inadvertently insignia interactive interactive content interactivity intermittent language layer light light bulb light bulbs lightening lightening does lightening streak lighter lighting lightning lightning bright liquor market material memory military minority momentary mould move multimedia naked navigable of light of photograph open open blouse output part passing passing by pattern phenomenon photo photo light photograph photographer photographer bulb photos pictures platform pool portable portable light preparation pressure prop public quick quick light ready money reservoir ruling class runs runs fast scene searching setting shimmer shine shining shoal short showy sluiceway software spark sparkle speed speedy speedy comic splash streak stream strike stronger stylish sudden sudden brightness sudden flare sudden light suddenly sugar super super hero superhero superspeed surface take take pictures temporary throw thunder time torch traders twinkle understand underwear updatable very very fast vessel visible wardrobe malfunction weather weather phenomenon webpage wit write
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